Climate Change Forced Half Of Mammal Species On Verge Of Extinction

Nowadays climate change is not a normal phenomenon. A Current study discovers that a huge number of species of the mammals and birds are suffering badly from this change.

New Scientist reported that almost climate change is harming almost 700 species that includes mammals and birds. A new research study warns about the global warming because it is one of the important causes of the change. The research includes 136 studies that were published between 1990 and 2015.

The research also includes the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List. The list contains half of the terrestrial mammal species and the quarter of the bird species. Shockingly, all of them are already suffering from the negative impact of climate change.

Lee Hannah, a conservation ecologist has opined that climate change has already produced the outbreak of insects that ultimately killed a huge number of trees in the North America. Also, the increasing temperature due to this environmental change has killed corals in the oceans. The research study clearly reveals that a good number of species are standing on the verge of extinction.

Michela Pacifici, the lead author at the Sapienza University of Rome says that their research also indicates such threats that are coming out from climate change. The author utters that most of the affected species are residing in the highly developed or populated areas. So the initial need is to monitor those locations and to control the excessive use of the natural resources by human society.

The research team has assessed the risk to the mammals depending on some key traits. The traits include population number, body mass, reproductive rate, survival rate and the geographic range. The team clearly points out that climate change has already hampered the traits and the animal population that mainly includes mammals is facing severe challenges in life.

The popular journal Nature Climate Change reported that the research model shows that 47 percent of the 873 mammal species are indicating the sign of extinction. Primates, elephants, and marsupials bear the sign of the bad impact of climate change. Even 23.4 percent of the 1272 bird species are bearing the signs of harm.

A good number of mammals are struggling to survive as the temperature of the environment is increasing very fast. Birds, living at the higher altitude, are facing the same consequence. Climate change is truly a matter of concern as mammals are the key component of the ecological balance.